Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) I

Sutter Health • Modesto, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position involves collecting blood specimens for various laboratory tests using age-appropriate techniques. The technician will interact with patients from diverse backgrounds, ages, values, beliefs, and behaviors. Key responsibilities include completing quality-related tasks such as documentation, maintaining a clean, stocked, and safe work area, monitoring pending work, and escalating priority tasks. The role also requires operating and using basic pre-analytic lab equipment and adhering to all local, state, and federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures to ensure patient privacy and safety while delivering optimal care.

Requirements

• HS Diploma: High School or General Education Diploma (GED). or equivalent education/experience
• CA Licensed Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) I
• Knowledge and practice of standard principles, processes, procedures, and equipment related to: 1) collecting blood specimens 2) compassionately and effectively interacting with patients 3) handling biological specimens routinely submitted to the Laboratory for analysis.
• Ability to organize and prioritize job duties and assigned tasks for completion within expected timeframes
• Ability to accurately, precisely, and reliably perform job duties and assigned tasks.
• Ability to compassionately and effectively interact with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs and behaviors
• Ability to appropriately respond to: 1) fluctuations in volume; 2) unexpected situations or problems such as equipment or information systems failure; 3) shift-to-shift hand-offs; 4) STAT test orders; 5) specimen integrity issues 6) regular review of pending logs, priority assignments, etc.
• Ability to follow standard practices, processes, and procedures in sequence.
• Solid critical thinking in applying knowledge and decision-making.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative setting where the communication of current, factual, and relevant work information is required.
• Knowledge of and ability to recognize and appropriately escalate basic and common deviations, problems, unusual occurrences and unexpected outcomes
• Knowledge of applicable local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of patients.

Responsibilities

• Collects blood specimens for a variety of laboratory tests using age-appropriate techniques.
• Interacts with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs and behavior.
• Completes quality-related tasks such as documentation of work, maintaining a clean, stocked and safe work area, and monitoring pending work, as well as escalating priority work.
• Operates and/or uses basic pre-analytic lab equipment.
• Adheres to all local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies and procedures to ensure privacy and safety while delivering optimal patient care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees